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White House bid in '88? Baker won't seek fourth term

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SEN. HOWARD BAKER No re-election bid

Pro-lifers gain Reagan support

(pi 1983 The Baltimore Sun ] WASHINGTON - President Reagan said Friday he would support any abortion legislation the pro-life movement could unite behind, and leaders of the movement said they would seek a permanent prohibition this year on federal tax money being used for abortion except to save a mother’s life. Reagan met the pro-life activists on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the 1973 Supreme Court decision creating a Constitutional right to abortion, which will be marked by a protest march through Washington today. Larry Speakes, the W’hite House spokesman, said if the movement produced “a specific piece of legislation” Reagan would “back it.” He made it clear Reagan would not take the legislative initiative on abortion. Reagan’s refusal to take the lead brought criticism from at least one anti-abortion leader at the meeting. Judie Brown, president of the American Life

Proposal affects school funds No draft sign-up, no U.S. loan

c. 1983 N.Y. Times WASHINGTON - The Reagan administration proposed regulations Friday to carry out legislation that denies federal education loans to male students who refuse to register for the military draft. The proposed regulations, which would go into effect July 1 and affect about 2 million college and university men, were prompted by a congressional amendment last summer. “The United States government is saying bluntly that taxpayer funds will not be used to provide a college education for students who do not comply with the Selective Service

El Salvador gets OK for military aid

WASHINGTON (AP) - The State Department, ignoring protests from human rights groups, told Congress on Friday the government of El Salvador has curbed political brutality and remains eligible for military assistance. It admitted that progress was slow, however. The department said in a lengthy report that human rights abuses continue but politically motivated violence

Pranksters return presidential flag (c) 1983 Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO The stolen $3,384 presidential flag is on its way back to the White House, apparently after college pranksters who had taken it from a downtown Chicago hotel dumped it in a mailbox, police said Friday. Authorities said the flag, which had flanked President Reagan at a Loop appearance Wednesday night, was found in a downtown mailbox in a brown paper shopping bag with a note saying, “Found on a barroom floor.” The flag was seen in a Northwestern University dormitory Wednesday night by at least six students, according to Friday’s editions of the Daily Northwestern. Area 1 property crimes Sgt. John Ward said the Chicago FBI office got an anonymous call at 5 p.m. Thursday advising a look in a mailbox at Wabash and Jackson. But the flag wasn’t there. Agents then went to the Main Post Office, 433 W. Van Buren, to alert postal inspectors to watch for it, Ward said. At 9:50 p.m., an inspector told the FBI a mail carrier had found the 3-by-4-foot flag in the downtown mailbox. The flag is being shipped to Washington undamaged.

c, 1983 N.Y. Times WASHINGTON - Declaring "there is life after the Senate,” Howard H. Baker Jr., the majority leader, announced Friday that he would not seek re-election to a fourth term in 1984 but nevertheless would remain involved in public affairs. The 57-year-old Tennessee Republican said that although he would like to be president, he had privately told President Reagan that he should seek reelection, and he said he would support the president’s reelection efforts. But if Reagan declined to seek a second term, he would consider running for the presidency, Baker said. “Nineteen eighty-four is

Opponents, supporters of abortion rally INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Supporters and opponents of abortion planned separate rallies today to mark the 10th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court landmark ruling that legalized abortion. Right to Life of Indianapolis Inc., which opposes abortion, scheduled a public rally for noon in the Indiana World War Memorial and a protest walk to Monument Circle. Speakers scheduled included Rep. Dan Burton, R-Ind.. and John Lofton, editor of the National Right to Life News. A 1:30 p.m. meeting for supporters of abortion rights was planned by the National Organization for Women, Indiana ProChoice Action League and Indiana Planned Parenthood Affiliates Association. Judith Widdicombe, executive director of Reproductive Health Services of St. Louis, was to speak at the pro-abortion gathering.

Lobby, said: “We are very disturbed with the lack of action coming out of the White House on this most critical issue of abortion.” The leaders' position on the funding ban appeared to be a

registration requirements,” said T.H. Bell, secretary of education. Several student groups and colleges have criticized the proposed regulations, which will be published in the Federal Register next week. A number of schools have indicated they will consider providing substitute financial aid to students denied federal aid. The Department of Education is requesting comment on the regulations, which would affect Guaranteed Student Loans, PLUS auxiliary loans, National Direct Student Loans, Pell Grants, supplemental grants, work-study programs and other

in El Salvador has diminished over the past six months, though at a slower rate than during the first half of 1982. The report attributed the favorable trend, in part, to “increased consciousness by the government of the importance of more effective action on human rights.” Congress, in a bid to induce the Salvadoran government to end social and political injustice. requires the ad-

Ronald Reagan’s year to be renominated and re-elected,” the senator said at a news conference in a lounge at the Knoxville Airport. Indicating that he would like to run for president someday, he said, “I might even take steps after 1984 to explore the possibility.” Baker emphasized that his announcement was in no way intended to exert pressure on Reagan. “This decision does not constitute a challenge to President Reagan or the White House,” he said. “It’s a simple decision that, for me, 18 years is long enough.” He said his abortive cam-

tactical shift in emphasis from the long-term goal of seeking a Constitutional amendment to overrule the SQpreme Court's abortion decision, or legislation to extend the constitutional protections guaranteed to a

grants. These provided more than $8.5 billion last year “The law is clear and the government will carry out its responsibilities." Bell said at a news conference. "We hope we can do that fairly but firmly. The message is simple: no registration, no student aid.” The law prohibiting federal education loans to men who have not registered for a possible draft was attached to the Military Selective Sendee Act that President Reagan signed Sept. 8. The regulations were drafted by the Department of Education and the Selective Service System. “Men are required to register

ministration to certify every 180 days that progress is being made in these areas. This is the third time the State Department has certified El Salvador’s eligibility to receive military aid since the law went into effect in late 1981. At stake for the Salvadoran military is $26 million in American assistance, although the administration has indicated it may ask Congress for more. Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-

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paign for the presidency in 1980 had taught him that one could not be both a Senate leader and presidential candidate. The senator said that although he intended to return to private life, "it is also my intention to maintain an active interest in Republican politics and public affairs.” His announcement is expected to lead several Republican colleagues to try to position themselves to become his successor as majority leader. Possible candidates include Sens. Pete V. Domenici of New Mexico, Bob Dole of Kansas, Richard G. Lugar of Indiana, James A. McClure of Idaho and Ted Stevens of Alaska, the Republican whip.

"person” to a fetus. Federal funding of non-life-threatening abortions has been regularly banned on an annual appropriations basis since 1976, and support for making the prohibition permanent is currently regarded as probable in the Senate, and possible in the House. Rep Henry J. Hyde (R-Ill.), author of the original 1976 amendment banning funding on an annual basis, has this month introduced a bill to make the funding ban and other antiabortion provisions permanent. Reagan expressed his support for the bill in a letter to Hyde. Dr. Jack Willke, president of the National Right to Life Movement, said Reagan appeared “very supportive" Friday of the idea of permanently prohibiting the use of tax money for most abortions. The pro-life movement has previously been split over the best legislative approach, but Willke said Friday: "I think we were pretty well able to assure him our act was together,”

by law,” said Maj. Gen. Thomas K. Turnage. director of the Selective Service System “If a man does not accept the basic responsibility of a society, he has no claim to the benefits of that society.” More than 9 million young men. over 97 percent of those 18 to 22 years old, have registered with the Selective Service System. More than a dozen indictments have been returned in the government’s cases against a fraction of the 564,000 men the government estimates have not registered. The government says it has no way of knowing how many of the 564,000 are college students.

Conn., one of the strongest congressional critics of administration policy in Central America, called the certification Friday “the wrong message at the wrong time in the wrong place.” The report said the government gave increased attention to the question of abuses by members of the armed forces. It said there was “slow progress” in this area.

Words fly as Chicago primary nears

By NATHANIEL SHEPPARD Jr. c. 1983 N.Y. Times News Service CHICAGO With one month left before the city’s Democratic mayoral primary, campaigning between the three major contenders has heated up. Tuesday night the candidates, Mayor Jane M. Byrne, U.S. Rep. Harold Washington and Cook County state’s attorney Richard M. Daley, squared off in a spirited debate on the city’s finances. The televised debate, held at First National Bank of Chicago and sponsored by The Chicago Sun-Times and WB-BM-TV. was the first of four for the Feb. 22 primary, and it showed the candidates in well-orchestrated and somewhat uncharacteristic styles. Mayor Byrne, for example, was soft-spoken in her defense of her first term, a departure from her common image as an acerbic scrapper who seldom shys from a political fight, especially after sharp attacks like those in the debate. The mayor’s new posture emerged after she hired a New York consultant company to guide her campaign. Mrs Byrne's scrappy style was much in evidence during the 1979 campaign when she ousted incumbent Mayor Michael Bilandie. One of the key issues of that campaign was Byrne’s unrelenting criticism of Bilandic’s inability to dig the city out of heavy snowfalls, including the blizzard of January. 1978. Daley, who has frequently been criticized as inarticulate because his comments often end in midsentence, was forceful and deliberate in the debate although he was at times noticeably nervous. He has worked with a speech coach for several months to help him overcome a style of speech that often has a heavy slur. Washington, who has been the underdog, showed a grasp of city issues, and like a parent scolding a child, he hammered away at his opponents. Washington began the debate by saying he was running for office because “Jane Byrne is destroying our city.” He said that unemployment had doubled under her administration, that her 1983 budget was a “fiscal time bomb” and that she had “blundered” in the fiscal crises of the Chicago Transit Authority and the Board of Educaton. He then accused both his opponents of being less than candid with voters by what he called their refusal to acknowledge that Chicago was in such a financial squeeze that taxes must be increased. Daley, son of Richard J. Daley, the longtime mayor, thumped a stack of budget documents as he said city taxes had risen S4BO million and city debt $l4O million since Mrs. Byrne took office in 1979. Later in the debate he said taxes had risen $1 billion under Mrs. Byrne. He said the city’s finances were so bad that the mayor had resorted to using municipal employee pension funds to pay bills. He accused her of spending exorbitantly on consultant fees, saying they totaled S4O million last year as against $6 million before she took office. On salaries, he said 21 city employees were paid $45,000 or more in 1979, while today 386 had salaries of $45,000 or more. Mayor Byrne shrugged off the attacks and calmly listed

1973 - 1983 DECADE of DESTRUCTION Ten years ago (Jan. 22, 1973) the foundation of human rights in American law was radically weakened by the Supreme Court. An entire class of human beings THE UNBORN has been excluded from protection under the law. During this past decade 12,000,000 unborn babies have died from abortion. In 1981 residents of Putnam and Owen counties obtained 107 abortions. We are facing a crisis situation that requires your assistance . . . PLEASE HELP STOP THIS SENSELESS DESTRUCTION - SUPPORT THE PASSAGE OF A HUMAN LIFE AMENDMENT. This ad paid for by members of: Right To Life Of Putnam & Owen County Rt. 3 Cloverdale, Ind. Phone 795-4541

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the accomplishments of her administration. “When I look at Chicago now, compared to where it was four years ago, I see a city that has turned the corner when compared to so many other cities in the country today,” she said. “Four years ago the city, the school board and the Chicago Transit Authority faced almost a billion dollars in debt. The only choice was to raise taxes. “Today, in spite of the national economy, Chicago is stronger than most other large cities. We have the highest bond rating of most cities in the Northeast or Midwest.” She said that to get the city “back on its feet” she had devised a 10-year plan for $5 billion in improvements. Washington, as part of his remedy for what is financially wrong with the city, has advocated that the state income tax be increased by a percentage point and that Chicago’s return share be increased by about slll million. Asked what alternative he would propose if downstate legislators balked at the proposal, as is likely. Washington replied: “In the event that no monies are forthcoming from the state or federal government, I think we should do what we should have done in 1979: Tell the people exactly, in dollars and cents, what the plight of this city is. I would then suggest that we go on an austerity budget, austerity in terms of the fat which has been put into this budget consistently.” Daley said he did not believe there was a need for an increase in the state income tax. He said there was waste in city government and part of the problem was Mayor Byrne’s misuse of funds from city sales tax increases. “When the city instituted a new sales tax of $95 million, the mayor said it would be used for the CTA,” he said, referring to the Transit Authority. “But fares went up, service was cut and maintainence was cut.” In a poll conducted after the debate by Market Shares Inc., 32 percent of 252 registered voters said they felt Mrs. Byrne appeared to have had a slight edge over the other two candidates. But 30 percent were undecided.

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CHICAGO'S JANE BYRNE A mild winter, but two harsh opponents